March Madness

As my roommates and I were sitting and talking last night we could not get over the fact that it's March already. We arrived at the consensus that March is stressful and overwhelming.

This time of year is usually the time for big decisions. Decisions about things like where to live next year, where to live spring/summer, what do even do spring/summer, and choosing classes for next fall just to name a few.

On top of those decisions, it's the hardest time to stay on top of schoolwork. We've had our last long weekend of the semester and are in for a six weeks straight until finals - yikes. Final projects and papers need to get started, on top of midterms still going on. It also starts to warm up outside, which makes it incredibly difficult to focus on doing everything that needs to happen inside (especially studying).

Add on top of that that some of my best friends are graduating within a year (in both April and December) and I want to spend all the time I can with all of them.

I think one of the hardest things for me this month is a diet I'm supposed to be trying for one of my classes that gets rid of most of my favorite foods (very limited dairy, animal meat, animal protein, and no refined sugar)... Do me a favor and don't ask me how it's going haha

Basically we've started our our kind of march madness. We are trying very hard to stay on top of everything we've signed up for and are realizing it's just the beginning.

Despite feeling this chaos and stress I'm so, so excited about this month and here's why:

-- I get to travel for lacrosse 3 out of the 5 weekends in March
-- I get to play in lacrosse games 4 out of the 5 weekends this month
-- I'm still loving my classes and still want to learn from them as opposed to the normal slump I'm feeling around this time of the semester
-- The term ends this month for work, which means despite not having a regular long weekend I will have one weekend that I get to sleep in like a normal person and I can't wait
-- The weather is warming up - finally no more big coats, scarves, and boots every day
-- That also means we get to practice on a real field, with real grass instead of on parking lots that aren't very forgiving when we fall
-- I already feel like I have so many fun things planned to balance out the hard work that's been going on and I can't wait for them to happen
-- I'm getting to spend so much of my free time with so many of my favorite people and loving every second of it
-- We're ranked #4 in the country right now for lacrosse - that's a constant good reminder of the hard work we've already put into this season
-- By the end of this month my dad will be here, it will be Julia's birthday, we'll be focused on the Savior and Easter AND preparing for conference weekend (which is great because for the first time in my 3 years of living in Utah, I'll be here for the April sessions)

And an extra reason this month is starting off right?

I got an unsolicited hug from one of my girls this morning after class. They're the best.